Quick, who is the only recording artist to have five albums in the Top 12 all at once? It’s Chubby Checker. And that’s a surprise twist, because when you think Chubby Checker, most just think of one ...

When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced Sunday night that Chubby Checker would be inducted into its ranks later this year, many fans of early rock ‘n’ roll who’d assumed that the Hall would ...

Believing Chubby Checker’s The Twist is an iconic pop song worth not just remembering but replaying, Ridgefielder Gary Lefkowith has remixed and remastered the song, which was re-released as a CD ...

Chubby Checker is heading to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but it wasn’t always this way. More than 20 years ago, he famously protested the very museum that will now celebrate him. “Back in the day,” ...

Originally posted Wednesday, July 11, 2018 by RODNEY HO/[email protected] on Melissa Ruggieri’s AJC Music Scene blog Despite many hits in the 1960s, 76-year-old Chubby Checker is well aware that one single ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Singer Chubby Checker, known for hits 'The Twist,' 'Let's Twist Again,' and many others joined Lisa Spitz and Sam Postich Monday on 'Today in Central New York.' Chubby Checker will be ...

Chubby Checker is best known for turning “The Twist” into an international phenomenon, but that doesn't mean he's forgotten about the job he once held at Fresh Farm Poultry in Philadelphia as a ...

NEW YORK — Chubby Checker wants the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to know that it’s time to induct him before it’s too late. “I don’t want to get in there when I’m 85 years old,” Checker said. “I’ll tell ...

There are four Browns (or Brownes) in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and if you can name three of them, you are better than most. Jackson, James, Charles and Ruth all made it, but Gatemouth didn't.

Lincoln,-- Placer County - Chubby Checker is ticked off. But only in the very nicest possible way. The 70-year-old creator of the twist, the greatest dance sensation in history, doesn't feel the ...

Chubby C may be the only 1960s dance hitmaker to become a rapper. He is also the only artist to have the same single go to No. 1 on the national record charts twice in different years (1960 and 1962).